Videogame art is "art," says artist
Artist Jon Gourley has opened the Video Game Art Museum, featuring the 8-bit paintings from the backgrounds of video games.
Museum Exhibit
How an artist turned Shadow of the Colossus into a rumination on chance
Also involved: a couple of houseplants, some incense, and John Cage.
World’s oldest statue looks familiar
Sega Genesis fans will be delighted to learn one of the system’s premier launch titles goes back long before the arcade original. A carving of a lion with human features that was to be a highlight of the British Museum’s Ice Art show has been found to be much older than initially believed. Analysis
Exhibition of 80s art ignores games for their lack of desire
It took a long time, but videogames are finally being placed in museums as artistic objects to appreciate. The Smithsonian exhibit, “The Art of Video Games” ran from last March until September, giving fans and laymen alike a chance to view and play pivotal games from the nascent industry’s first fou